Daminion Reviews & Product Details

I have found over some years that it serves all my needs for tagging and keywording, as my photo/video collection has grown it still holds true. For me the stand alone version is important, as I do not always have internet or mobile access. Have tried the keyword/tagging in a variety of photo software, ie Lightroom, ZonerPhoto, Elements etc, they are OK but lack the strength of Daminion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing really, it works for me, that said of course it will not work for all, but I am happy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing that I like best about Daminion is it's ability to batch write tags and other vital information directly into a file i.e. meta-data etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing that I dislike about Daminion is that you have to create a catalog in order to process any of your images. I would love to just be able to do it on the fly since I am writing the information into the file itself. I don't have a need for a separate catalog to store the information as a backup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion very flexible:

[1] allows to import all sorts of files: text files (like PDF), pictures, sound bits, movies... and retrieve them selecting whatever search option is convenient: import date, file type, keywords (tags)...

[2] a number of preset tags are useful, but Daminion allows user-defined tags too, which is helpful, in my case, to search e.g. for key topics, historical events, and animal species.

[3] support is very good: very responsive and helpful suggestions. I really appreciate the good communication. You're communicating with a human, not a system.

[4] it's small: the catalogue is just an 'umbrella', a file that remains fairly small (Mb's) and I can still access the files through a File Explorer. Daminion does not modify the original files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's only one small thing I do not like: Daminion automatically imports tags that may be assigned to e.g. a PDF, like search keywords or author names. These tags 'pollute' the key structure that I have set up in Daminion, so I need to manually search for them to delete them.

For the rest, I have a few small things on my wish-list: [a] password-protected catalogs and [b] the possibility to search for keywords that have 'zero' documents assigned (e.g. that are not used and can be deleted. This would allow me to clean up the keyword structure as sometimes keywords are accidentally or incorrectly entered and not used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion is so easy to use and so efficient. I've never been disappointed and I've never faced any bug for the last 4 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes when files are deleted outside of Daminion we need to refresh the directories content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion only restricts the number of items in your catalog, but at 15,000 that will be enough for most people. Upgrading your license will increase the maximum, or you can create another Catalog database instead. Aside from that, their Filtering and Tagging system is much better than what other software have to offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The weakness of Daminion is it slowly becoming what some people hate, the move into the "cloud". Ever since the creation of Daminion Server, the plan is in place to make the offline standalone version obsolete in the near future. Eventually stop updating the Standalone version altogether (hopefully that is not the case). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion is fast and reliable. I'm using it for a long time now and it never had failed. The way you can search your images is great. It's very time saving that you can process any images from within Daminion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes, it takes a long time to rebuild the thumbnails of a catalogue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion offers exceptional flexibility in managing documents and images. The search functions are ingenious and easy to handle. We have evaluated various other products, but none offered the capabilities of Daminion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it is difficult to undo changed settings in the user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daminion is a very good way to find and file all the pictures I have made and collected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not all to certain that changes are registered at a moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Batching of modifications and quick navigation. So far so good - still learning and exploring functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of geo/spatial addition / modification of images through a map interface (and Ideally in a batch mode) - this is critical as many historic images don't have gps location and often photos are taken in areas where a GPS fix cannot be attained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I need a software capable of:

1. writing metadata to images as to sidecars xml files

2. operating with a locally database under Windows

3. managing at least 20000 images, from a PC

4. creating a set of hierarchical keywords

5. tagging with these hierarchical keywords

6. applying pre-defined copyright text to images

7. applying star-ratings to images compatible with NEF files

8. allowing images to be found by searching on using multiple tags

9. I need a user-friendly DAM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing that i most dislike is the way "~Thumbs folder" is organized. All the thumbnail are grouped under folsders and subfolders. It is very slow to backup with all those subfolders. I think that a SQL databese for these thumbnails would be faster to back up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.